Des Allemands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana parishes in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,500 at the 2000 United States Census. The town is along the Bayou Des Allemands, which is the boundary of Lafourche and St. Charles parishes. Known as the'Catfish Capital of the Universe. 'The ZIP code for Des Allemands is 70030.

The St. Charles Parish portion of Des Allemands is part of the New Orleans, Louisiana Greater New Orleans, while the Lafourche Parish portion is part of the Houma, Louisiana-Bayou Cane, Louisiana-Thibodaux, Louisiana...

Des Allemands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana parishes in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,500 at the 2000 United States Census. The town is along the Bayou Des Allemands, which is the boundary of Lafourche and St. Charles parishes. Known as the'Catfish Capital of the Universe. 'The ZIP code for Des Allemands is 70030.

The St. Charles Parish portion of Des Allemands is part of the New Orleans, Louisiana Greater New Orleans, while the Lafourche Parish portion is part of the Houma, Louisiana-Bayou Cane, Louisiana-Thibodaux, Louisiana Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area.

History
Des Allemands was settled in 1721 by immigrants to the colony of Louisiana from Germany under the control of John Law and the'Mississippi Company'.'Des Allemands'means'of the Germans'in the French language. The German Louisiana colony was originally up the Mississippi River in what is now Arkansas, but experienced hostility from the local Native Americans in the United States in that area, and moved to a location much closer to the colonial capital of New Orleans.

Geography
Des Allemands is located at (29.825570, -90.469163).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.9 square miles (28.3 km²), of which, 8.7 square miles (22.5 km²) of it is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²) of it (20.35%) is water.